Aging and Poverty Research

Disability Just Before Retirement Often Leads to Poverty
Richard W. Johnson, Melissa Favreault, Corina Mommaerts, Urban Institute, February 2010

Preserving Affordability and Access in Livable Communities: Subsidized Housing Opportunities near Transit and the 50+ Population
Rodney Harrell, Allison Brooks, and Todd Nedwick AARP Public Policy Institute, September 2009

Upcoming Medicare Change is an Opportunity to Enroll Eligible Low-Income Seniors in Food Stamps
Dottie Rosenbaum, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, September 2009

Older Low-Income Workers Face Historic Crisis
Experience Works, September 2009

Working the Graveyard Shift: Why Raising the Social Security Retirement Age Is Not the Answer Economic Crisis Fuels Support for Social Security: Americans' Views on Social Security
Virginia P. Reno and Joni Lavery, National Academy of Social Insurance, August 2009

Working the Graveyard Shift: Why Raising the Social Security Retirement Age Is Not the Answer
Monique Morrissey and Emily Garr, Economic Policy Institute, May 2009

Unemployment Rate Hits All-Time High for Adults Age 65 and Older (Fact Sheet) (pdf)
Richard W. Johnson and Corina Mommaerts, The Urban Institute, March 2009

Boost Employment of Older Adults
Richard W. Johnson, The Urban Institute, February 2009

Promoting Economic Security at Older Ages through Workforce Development
Richard W. Johnson, Written Testimony to the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, The Urban Institute, February 2009

Half A Million Older Californians Living Alone Unable to Make Ends Meet
Steven P. Wallace and Susan E. Smith, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, February 2009

The Earned Income Tax Credit and Older Workers
Janet McCubbin, AARP Public Policy Institute, January 2009

Need for Low-Income Heating Assistance Continues Despite Recent Drop in Some Heating Costs
Ann McLarty Jackson and Neal Walters, AARP Public Policy Institute, January 2009

Social Security State Quick Fact Sheets: 2008
AARP Knowledge Management, January 2009

The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Older Americans
Sandy Mackenzie, AARP Public Policy Institute, December 2008

A Profile of Older Americans: 2008
Saadie Greenberg, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, October 2008

The Food Stamp Program and Older Americans: Fact Sheet
Jean C. Accius, AARP Public Policy Institute, October 2008

Nutrition Assistance for Older Americans
Jean C. Accius, AARP Public Policy Institute, October 2008

Retirement Security or Insecurity? The Experience of Workers Aged 45 and Older
Colette Thayer, AARP Knowledge Management, October 2008

Elderly Poverty: The Challenge Before Us
Alexandra Cawthorne, Center for American Progress, July 2008

Poverty and Aging in America: Profiles of the Low-Income Older Population 2008 Chart Book (pdf)
AARP Foundation, July 2008

More Older Americans Are Poor than the Official Measure Suggests
Sheila R. Zedlewski and Barbara Butrica, The Urban Institute, May 2008

Older Americans 2008: Key Indicators of Well-Being
Federal Interagency Forum on Aging Related Statistics, March 2008

From Work to Retirement: Tracking Changes in Women’s Poverty Status
Sunhwa Lee and Lois Shaw, AARP Public Policy Institute, February 2008

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